Caffeine is widely present in food and drinks, such as teas and coffees, being also part of some currently commercialized medicines, but despite its enhancement on several functions of human body, its exceeding use can promote many health problems.*
The paper “Electrodeposition of 4-Benzenesulfonic Acid onto a Graphite-Epoxy Composite Electrode for the Enhanced Voltammetric Determination of Caffeine in Beverages” by Leonardo de A. Furtado, Mariana C. de O. Gonçalves, Carlos V. M. Inocêncio, Edilson M. Pinto, Daniela de L. Martins and Felipe S. Semaan presents a new method for the determination of caffeine through voltammetry using the square wave technique.*
In order to develop new fast approaches for the caffeine sensing, graphite-epoxy composite electrodes (GECE) were used as substrate, being modified by different diazonium salts, synthetized as their tetraflouroborate salts.
The paper by Leonardo de A. Furtado et al. presents the modification procedure, the study of pH used for buffer solution’s choice, and an electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) study of all modifications in presence and absence of the analyte, as well, analytical comparison with bare and modified electrodes for caffeine determination.*
Atomic Force Microscopy images were measured to evaluate the surface topography and roughness, before and after the modification. The AFM images showed a decrease in the surface roughness after modification of the electrodes with diazonium salts. Based on this data, it is possible to infer that the modification made a more homogeneous surface compared with the bare electrode.* NANOSENSORS™ PointProbe® Plus PPP-NCLR AFM probes were used.
Figure 5 from “Electrodeposition of 4-Benzenesulfonic Acid onto a Graphite-Epoxy Composite Electrode for the Enhanced Voltammetric Determination of Caffeine in Beverages” by Leonardo de A. Furtado et al.:
Surface topography via AFM of (a) bare electrode and (b) electrode modified with 4-benzenesulfonic acid.
*Leonardo de A. Furtado, Mariana C. de O. Gonçalves, Carlos V. M. Inocêncio, Edilson M. Pinto, Daniela de L. Martins and Felipe S. Semaan
Electrodeposition of 4-Benzenesulfonic Acid onto a Graphite-Epoxy Composite Electrode for the Enhanced Voltammetric Determination of Caffeine in Beverages
Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry, Volume 2019, Article ID 8596484, 11 pages
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/8596484
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